Hijacking this thread for dumb/less dumb mobile game suggestions because Romo has let down society and disappointed his family with the sudden cut-off here.

Adventure League 2D RPG is actually fun. Tactical, grid-based, small group combat. Only issue is it's pretty basic right now, with most of the gameplay consisting of walking back and forth on the same road clicking on the right tiles in between. Still worth picking up sometimes for a round or two of combat.

Ultimate Kept Man Life is a clicker game. It's an okay one as far as story content and growth rates for most of the game. The last few items are more just about forgetting about it and waiting for background points to gather.

What dumb stuff have others been playing? Bonus if it's a grid-based combat rpg with character customization because I am super hard for those right now.

I've been playing Gems of War for commute entertainment (mixed with Youtube videos on my tablet) but I updated my phone to Oreo and I need to wait for them to push an update to fix the game on Oreo. It's basically a sequel to Puzzle Quest, given that it's the same gameplay mechanics and from the developers of the original Puzzle Quest and such: turn-based Bejeweled style rpg-ish combat. It's a bit pay-to-win and a lot grindy but it's fun enough as a brief distraction.

So if we're talking about phone games I've spent the past year playing Goddess Kiss. I'll admit I came for the girls, but I ended up staying because the gameplay was solid enough to where I've ended up playing the damn thing long enough to clear my dailies every day. There's a real ceiling of 'these people paid a fucking ton of money for access to the best pilots, go get fucked' but it's high enough to where you can still substitute tactics and knowledge for everything but the most egregious examples. Real money currency (diamonds) are given out often enough to where you get a good pile of them every week.

As for Gumi games I got pulled into Final Fantasy Brave Exvius by a friend. It's fun - way too many characters to gacha through, but all the pulls I've ever made have been with freely earned currency. So eh.

If any of you are masochisticself-hating stupid enough to play FFBE, please take the time to reroll for units who will last you for a long time. There's a guide out there walking you through having multiple instances of the MEmu emulator rerolling in tandem. Ayaka and at least a good chainer* would be a smart start. You can find a lot of info on /r/FFBraveExvius.

Also, the game is far less enjoyable if you can't commit a computer to running farming macros.

*Onion Knight easiest to gear, but least self-sufficient; Orlandu or Dark Veritas are both extremely practical; Tidus, Aileen, and Loren are also very strong but finding friends will be harder than Orlandu/DV. Tidus and Aileen also aren't that competitive until their enhancements come out, which should be soon, but you might need to wait a month to farm those enhancement materials...

they added tavern brawls to the game this week, and the first one (and really the only one they need) makes the ruleset much closer to original puzzle fighter. no special attacks or health bars, no character levels, just "overstack your opponent to win!" it's pretty fun! you need to pay 10 pfbux (or a little less than what you'll usually have after a day's worth of dopamine-boosting rewards) for each "12 wins or 3 losses, whichever comes first" run but the first one's free.

beatbandito wrote:Adventure League 2D RPG is actually fun. Tactical, grid-based, small group combat. Only issue is it's pretty basic right now, with most of the gameplay consisting of walking back and forth on the same road clicking on the right tiles in between. Still worth picking up sometimes for a round or two of combat.

This is called Occidental Heroes now, and can be tricky to install. You have to jump on it when the Beta test version has slots available, which varies by the phase of the moon.